New Jersey Highlands Council | Highlands Council Meeting Calendar

Dates for 2021 Highlands Council and Highlands Development Credit Bank Board meetings are listed below. All meetings listed on this page are open to the public. Meeting materials, including agendas, will be posted in advance of meetings whenever possible. All meetings are being held virtually until further notice and begin at 4 p.m.

**General instructions for Virtual Council Meetings

Public Notice: 2021 Highlands Council Meeting Schedule (pdf)
Public Notice: 2021 Highlands Development Credit Bank Board Meetings (pdf)

Highlands Council Meetings

January 14
February 18
March 18 - cancelled
April 15
May 20
June 17 - cancelled
July 15
August 19 - cancelled
September 23
October 21
December 9

HDC Bank Board Meetings

February 4 - cancelled
May 6 - cancelled
August 5 - cancelled
November 4 - cancelled
December 1

[View all available 2021]

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, December 9, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Approved Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Resolution - Approval to Release Economic Sustainability Plan (pdf)
- Highlands Region Economic Sustainability Plan (pdf)
- Meeting Presentation - Economic Sustainability Plan: Implementation and Next Steps (pdf)

Highlands Development Credit Bank Board Meeting - Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Approved Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Contract for Highlands Regional Transfer of Development Rights (“TDR”) Real Estate Analysis and Development of Municipal Average Value (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials:

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, October 21, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Approved Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Fiscal Year 2022 General Operating Budget (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Fiscal Year 2022 Highlands Protection Fund Capital Budget (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Stormwater Management Plan, Sustainable Economic Development Plan, Highlands Master Plan and Land Use Plan elements for Washington Borough (Warren County) (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Lake Management Plan for Byram Township (Sussex County) (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Stormwater Management Plan for Chester Township (Morris County) (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Economic Development Planning for Hunterdon County (pdf)
Resolution – Highlands Development Credit Bank Annual Meeting Schedule for 2022 (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials
- Budget and Finance Committee Minutes - October 7, 2021 (pdf)
- Draft Council Meeting Minutes - September 23, 2021 (pdf)

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, September 23, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Draft Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Resolution – Appointment of Chief Counsel (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Circulation Plan Element for the Town of Phillipsburg, Warren County (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Field Assessment and Engineering Design Plans for a Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance System in Witten Park for Hopatcong Borough, Sussex County (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for a Regional Lake Management Plan for West Milford Township, Passaic County (pdf)
Resolution – Highlands Council Annual Meeting Schedule for 2022 (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials
- Budget & Finance Committee Minutes of 9/14/2021 (pdf)
- July 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes (pdf)

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, July 15, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
July 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Public Comments Submitted (pdf)
Resolution - Approval to Extend the Fiscal Year Budgets 2021 at the Same Average Monthly Spending Level (pdf)
Resolution Considered (broken out as below) - Approval of FY2022 Highlands Protection Fund Capital Budget for Plan Conformance Funding Grants (pdf)
- Resolution - Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Water Use and Conservation Management Plan for Harding Township, Morris County (pdf)
- Resolution - Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Farmland Preservation Plan for Vernon Township, Sussex County (pdf)
- Resolution - Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Stormwater Management Plan for Vernon Township, Sussex County (pdf)
- Resolution - Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding for Trail Feasibility Study for Vernon Township, Sussex County (pdf)
- Resolution Considered (did not pass) - Approval of Plan Conformance Grant Funding For Circulation Plan For Town of Phillipsburg, Warren County (pdf)
Resolution - Approval of Contract for Auditing Services (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials
- Economic Sustainability Plan Update (pdf)
- Budget and Finance Committee Meeting Minutes – June 30, 2021 (pdf)

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, May 20, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Meeting Minutes – May 20, 2012 (pdf)
Resolution - Approval of the Petition for Plan Conformance for County of Hunterdon (pdf)
- Petition Materials
- Hunterdon County Petition for Plan Conformance Presentation (pdf)
Resolution - Approval of Plan Conformance Funding for Field Assessment and Engineering/Planting Design for Streambank Stabilization and Habitat Creation Measures Along the Section of the Musconetcong River Between Lake Hopatcong and Lake Musconetcong for Roxbury Township, Morris County (pdf)
- Roxbury Township Streambank Stabilization Funding Presentation (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials
- Plan Conformance Committee Minutes - May 10, 2021 (pdf)
- Budget and Finance Committee Meeting Minutes - May 6, 2021 (pdf)

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, April 15, 2021, 4:00 p.m.

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Approved Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Resolution– Approval of Water Use and Conservation Management Plan Funding for The Township of Lopatcong, Warren County (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of Submission of 2020 Annual Report (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials
- Highlands Council 2020 Annual Report (pdf)
- Regional Stormwater Management Planning Project Update (pdf)
  Christopher C. Obropta, Ph.D., P.E.
- Budget and Finance Committee Meeting Minutes - March 31, 2021 (pdf)
- RMP Amendment Committee Meeting Minutes - March 30, 2021 (pdf)

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, February 18, 2021

Agenda (pdf)
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Approved Meeting Minutes, Highlands Council Meeting February 18, 2021 (pdf)
Resolution – Approval of the Petition for Plan Conformance and Center Designation for The Borough of Washington, Warren County (pdf)
- Petition and other conformance materials
- Meeting presentation (pdf)
- Press Release (pdf)
Resolution – Determination on Application for Highlands Redevelopment Area Designation for Township of Rockaway, Morris County, Block 22103, Lot 16 (pdf)
- RMP consistency review materials
- Meeting presentation (pdf)
Resolution– Acceptance of Audit (pdf)
- 2020 Audit Report (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials
- Written Public Comments Submitted (pdf)
- Plan Conformance Committee Minutes - February 10, 2021 (pdf)

Highlands Council Meeting - Thursday, January 14, 2021

Agenda (pdf) *revised 1/12/21
Listen to meeting audio (mp3)
Approved Meeting Minutes - Highlands Council Meeting January 14, 2021 (pdf)
Resolution - Election of Vice Chair (pdf)
Resolution - Election of Treasurer (pdf)
Resolution - Approval of Fiscal Year 2021 General Operating Budget (pdf)
Resolution - Approval of Fiscal Year 2021 Highlands Protection Fund Capital Budget (pdf)
Resolution - Approval of Fiscal Year 2021 Highlands Protection Fund Capital Budget for Plan Conformance Funding (pdf)
Resolution - Executive Session (pdf)
Additional Meeting Materials

Archive

Agendas, minutes and other materials from past Highlands Council and Highlands Development Credit Bank Board meetings are archived on the pages below.



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